February 2011
The new issue of Organists' Review includes the usual range of articles and starts with thoughts of the London Organ Day with its celebration of the bicentenary of Franz Liszt. The cover shows the casework of the organ at St Mary's Church, Hay-on-Wye.
● Keeping with the theme for London Organ Day: Peter King and Martin Firth have contributed excellent articles about this revolutionary composer.
● An interview with Thomas Trotter as he had recorded the Ladegast instrument in Merseburg Cathedral both before and after recent restoration.
● The new installation in Barony Hall, Glasgow, has been much discussed, as has the new Nicholson organ in Llandaff.
● David Shuker returns contributing one of his unusually interesting articles, this time about the 'ingenious Mr Casson and his musical daughters' who created a system to assist blind musicians before the invention of Braille.
● Dr Roy Massey
MBE writes about a 'much-travelled' instrument which has been resident in three separate buildings.● John Norman's Soundboard column titled: 'the ear can't hear as high as that'
● Sarah Beedle interviews Andrew Nethsingha, Director of Music at St John's college, Cambridge.
● Dr David Knight contributes an article on Diocesan organ advisors.
● The musical insert is Hilary Campbell's, O lux beata a Trinitas
● Bradford Organists' Centenary
● As usual, this issue includes CD/DVD, Music and Book reviews and Local Association News
The May 2011 issue of Organists' Reviewsees many anniversaries of composers from the Chapels Royal. Andrew Gant has agreed to write about the rich history of this establishment's composers and Carl Jackson will be writing about the historic instruments. We are also extremely pleased to announce that Tom Bell will be interviewing Sir Peter Maxwell Davies.
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